Welcome back!Our sightseeing day is over and work begins!This three day conference brought with it many stories, songs and laughter.Thursday and Friday focused on pastors wives. Although we were the guest speakers, we learned so much from them.Here is Luba and her daughter Aloina, holding a diary of Luba’s father.…

Hello friends, So glad you stopped by to see some of the beauty of this Ukrainian city, Kiev. Independence came in 1991, and with it a whole new world of opportunity. Still there is much to be done! Average income for professionals such as teachers: $150.-200. per month; doctors: $200-400;…

“In our country, every one gets an opportunity to choose the person they want to be in charge of the government,” our daughter, Heather, explained to five-year old granddaughter, Emily, who asked what it meant to ‘vote.’In her confident, child-like manner, she looked right back at her Mom and exclaimed,…

I spread out the rolled-up map of the world and placed it on the carpet in the family room. Then I knelt down and looked for Hispaniola, and focused on the western part of the island…a tiny pink shaped surrounded by blue. For most of my life that is how…

It is time for an update for much has transpired since my last blog. In preparation for the Asia trip last fall, I wrote an eight week Bible study to accompany the four CD set…Women Of Worth. My sister, Alma, wrote an inductive study on Titus, which Bob used there…

The Translator A hundred women, beautifully dressed in multi-coloured sari arrived, chatting noisily while picking up a cup of hot masala tea. After several minutes of enjoying friendly greetings, each one found her place to sit on a red plastic chair in the Calcutta India Bible Society office, situated on…

A Thankful Heart October 2009 How many bad hair days can you have in a row? How many ways can you cook rice and how many times will it be served today? What will I have for Thanksgiving dinner and will I truly be thankful? I’m sitting in a hotel…

Who Will Go? Oh Canada, my home and native land I’ve never kissed the soil before, but the temptation prodded strongly. Our plane smoothly landed in TO yesterday about 1:00pm after thirty-six hours in airports and air. Please don’t feel too sorry for us.The Hyderabad airport lounge provided delicious snacks,…

Who Will Go?The amazing stories continue…we have only shared a sampling. The Abraham family, from Kerala area in south India, had a vision 80 years ago. The dream to have land and facility for international study and opportunity to develop God given talents filled Mercy Luke’s grandfather’s heart. We met…